North Korea views Donald Trump‘s potential return to the White House as a “once-in-a-thousand-year chance” to advance its nuclear ambitions and diplomatic leverage. Ri Il Kyu, the highest-ranking defector to flee North Korea since 2016, met with Kim Jong Un on seven separate occasions, reported BBC. The former diplomat, who was stationed in Cuba when he fled with his family to South Korea last November, recalls “shivering with nerves” during his first meeting with Kim. However, in each of their meetings, he observed Kim to be “smiling and in a good mood.” In his first interview with an interna…
